Andrey Besov

Prize-winner at International competition
Principal Dancer of The Hermitage and Palace Theatres

Biography
Andrey Besov was born in Saint-Petersburg in 1980.
1990-1998 Andrey studied at the Vaganova Ballet Academy.
Upon graduation Andrey was accepted into the troupe of Saint-Petersburg Ballet Theatre directed by Konstantin Tachkin.
1999-2002 he was a leading soloist with the St. Petersburg State Opera and Ballet Theater of the St. Petersburg rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory (Troupe of professor Dolgushin).
2002-2004 he was a leading soloist with the Mussorgsky Ballet and Opera Theater (Mikhailovsky Theatre of opera and ballet).
2004-2005 he performed with "Vanemuine" Theatre, Tartu (Estonia).
2006 he performed with Latvias Nacionala Opera, Riga (Latvia).
Joined The Hermitage Theatre in 2006 as a principal dancer.
He has toured in the United States of America, Japan, Germany, Austria, Finland, England, Slovenia, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Italy.

His repertoire includes:

''Swan Lake'', Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Prince Siegfried
Choreography: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, revised choreography and stage direction: Konstantin Sergeyev;

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''Sleeping Beauty'', Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Prince Desire
Choreography: Marius Petipa; 

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''Giselle'', Adolphe Adam
Count Albrecht
Choreography: Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa;

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''The Nutcracker'', Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Nutcracker-Prince
Choreography: Vasily Vainonen;

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''Esmeralda", Cesare Pugni
Phoebus de Shatoper
Choreography: Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa;

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''Romeo and Juliet'',  Sergey Prokofiev
Romeo
Choreography: Leonid Lavrovsky;

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''Chopiniana'', Frédéric Chopin
Young Man
 Choreography: Mikhail Fokine